A novice pool player is faced with the corner pocket shot

Chapter 1, Problem 64GP

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QUESTION:

A novice pool player is faced with the corner pocket shot shown in Fig.  Relative dimensions are also shown. Should the player be worried about this being a "scratch shot," in which the cue ball will also fall into a pocket? Give details.

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QUESTION:

A novice pool player is faced with the corner pocket shot shown in Fig.  Relative dimensions are also shown. Should the player be worried about this being a "scratch shot," in which the cue ball will also fall into a pocket? Give details.

ANSWER:

We have to predetermine whether the shot of the player would be a “scratch shot” as per the given condition.

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Concept:

        Perfectly elastic collision: In a perfect elastic collision, the momentum of the system and as well as the total energy of the system remain conserved.

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